Quote by Virginia Woolf
I often wish I'd got on better with your father,' he said.But he never liked anyone who--our friends,' said Clarissa; and could have bitten her tongue for thus reminding Peter that he had wanted to marry her.Of course I did, thought Peter; it almost broke my heart too, he thought; and was overcome with his own grief, which rose like a moon looked at from a terrace, ghastly beautiful with light from the sunken day. I was more unhappy than I've ever been since, he thought. And as if in truth he were sitting there on the terrace he edged a little towards Clarissa; put his hand out; raised it; let it fall. There above them it hung, that moon. She too seemed to be sitting with him on the terrace, in the moonlight.
Summary
In this quote, Peter expresses his regret about not having a good relationship with Clarissa's father. Clarissa then unintentionally reminds Peter that he had wanted to marry her, adding a layer of sadness to the conversation. As they sit together, Peter reflects on his past unhappiness and grief, picturing the moon as a symbol of this pain. The moonlight sets a melancholic scene, suggesting a shared intimacy between Peter and Clarissa in that moment. The quote captures their complex emotions and the unspoken connection between them.
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